Join Us For Family Day at the Fest!
Family Day at the New Orleans Book Festival is a free, family-centered event that includes a lively and dynamic schedule of author readings, book-related activities, and a free book distribution.
Family Day at the Fest will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2025. More details about Family Day will be posted in the months leading up to the festival.
Family Day Programming
Family Day at the Fest includes a diverse selection of local and national authors who will do live readings and sign books throughout the day. Children will find something that appeals to all reading levels, backgrounds, and reading interests.
Book Signings
Please note, Family Day at the Fest book signings will take place immediately after an author's reading, in the Garden District Book Shop area in the lobby of Devlin Fieldhouse.
Literacy Partners
Each year, the festival is partners with a wide range of local community organizations who provide programming during Family Day at the Fest. Previous partners include:
- 826 New Orleans
- Books and Brains with the Tulane Brain Institute
- Children’s Hospital New Orleans
- City Year New Orleans
- Geaux Girl! Magazine
- Jefferson Parish Library
- Kid smART
- Krewe of Dolly
- Krewe of Muses
- Learning and Brain Development Lab
- Louisiana Children's Museum
- New Orleans Public Library
- Office of Youth and Families
- One Book One New Orleans
- Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR)
- StemNola
- Strong City
- The Center for Literacy & Learning
- The Stone Center
- Tulane Libraries
- YMCA of Greater New Orleans
Family Day Shuttles
Shuttles will provide free round-trip rides to Family Day at the Fest on Saturday, March 29 from the locations listed below. All shuttles will drop off near Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse on Freret St. Pick-ups from each location are at 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Departures from Tulane back to the locations below are at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
- Baldwin & Co. Bookstore: 1030 Elysian Fields Avenue
- Kipp Central City Academy: 2514 Third St, New Orleans, LA 70113
- Community Academy of New Orleans (Esperanza Academy): 4407 South Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
- Jefferson Parish Eastbank Regional Library: 4747 W. Napoleon Avenue, Metairie
- Jefferson Parish Terrytown Branch Library: 680 Heritage Avenue, Terrytown
Sponsors & Partners
Family Day is made possible through the generosity of our partners and sponsors: Scholastic and the City of New Orleans Mayor's Office of Youth and Families.
Questions should be directed to bookfest@tulane.edu.
